Effectiveness of the Use of Lightback in Conventional Football Training.

Universidad Católica de Ávila

Status: Completed

Conditions: Injury; Hip

Treatments: Device: Lightback group; Other: Conventional treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06490354

290624

Details and patient eligibility

About

Lightback is a patented device that allows instrumental stretching of the gluteal muscles. Football players overload this musculature and this type of device is effective and the cost/benefit ratio is high.

The intention is to carry out a randomised clinical trial to carry out a study on athletes to see the differences between a group of football players with their normal training and a group of football players with their normal training and the application of lightback beforehand.

The variables studied will be sprint speed in 20 and 40m, vertical jump height, hamstring muscle injuries throughout the season, triceps sural injuries throughout the season, internal and external hip ROM, dorsal flexion ankle ROM.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Professional football players
• Age range 18 to 45 years
• Able to perform physical exertion without discomfort.

Exclusion criteria

• Football players recently injured or in an active recovery phase.
• Heterometrics
• Non-collaborators
• Alteration of sensitivity

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Lightback group

Experimental group

Description:

Use of the lightback device to relax the gluteal musculature.

Treatment:

Device: Lightback group

Conventional group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Conventional treatment to relax the gluteal musculature and prevent hamstring injuries.

Treatment:

Other: Conventional treatment